Honey Bee Obscura Podcast

It seems that everyone talks about managing bees and selling honey. There's also a lot of discussion about extracting ho... Read more

Continuing their discussion on the micro and to some extent the macro environment of a beeyard, Kim and Jim take a long ... Read more

Every season, it seems, is different than the last, making it difficult or at least challenging. Honey harvesting is no ... Read more

It’s the time of year when summer is nearly over, but the fall flow hasn’t started. Colonies are big, there’s lot of for... Read more

What else is in a beehive other than... honey bees? If you stop and look closer the next time you are in your beeyard, y... Read more

In this episode, Kim and Jim discuss the pros and cons of mid-summer splits. Are they good or are they bad? It can go bo... Read more

How does a beekeeper deal with the seasonal population shifts, weather and resulting needs of the honey bees in their ca... Read more

Listeners, Kim and Jim are busy in the bee yard this week and have chosen this episode from the archive, for your listen... Read more

Summer is in full force in most of the country now. Nectar flows are on and the honey is starting to ripen in the supers... Read more

All beekeepers must one day, cross a threshold: dealing with bee stings. For some, it is a small, hardly seen threshold.... Read more